2X09 - 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
WRITTEN BY HOWARD GORDON
DIRECTED BY RODNEY CHARTERS
Transcribed
By Kat
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and writers who created it.
Recap: Previously on 24.
SHERI PALMER:
Tell me about Ron Wieland.
PRESIDENT DAVID
PALMER: He was going to go public with a rumor.
SHERI: About
the bomb?
PALMER: We’re
holding him at the OC. When the crisis passes; I’ll let him go.
MIKE NOVICK:
Sir you better come out here.
RON WIELAND(TV):
What I find most troubling about this story is that our President knows about
this threat and isn’t saying anything to the public!
PALMER: Who
was controlling that room?
MIKE: Armus.
PALMER: I want
to see him now.
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MEGAN MATHESON:
Kim I’m scared!
KIM BAUER:
Where are you taking her? She can’t go back to LA.
COP: I checked
you out. Your father does work for CTU. Now you tell me- what did he tell
you was gonna happen today in LA?
KIM: It’s a
nuclear bomb.
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KATE WARNER:
What about my father? What’s his connection to all this?
PAUL KOPLIN:
He wrote a cheque to Syed Ali for $475,000 in return for consulting services.
KATE: Maybe
they were doing business.
KOPLIN: Syed
Ali’s only business is bankrolling terrorists.
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BOB WARNER:
I’m a consultant for the CIA.
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[Kate and Koplin
getting kidnapped outside of the Warner residence.]
MAN: Let’s
go!
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[Nina Myers
speaks in Arabic to Mamud Faheen.]
MICHELLE DESSLER(PHONE):
Nina. How big is the bomb?
JACK BAUER:
Nina what did he tell you?
NINA MYERS:
Everything.
JACK: No!
[Nina slits
Faheen’s throat with card.]
RICK PHILLIPS:
We’re loosing him!
NINA: Jack…
JACK: Secure
her!
NINA: I know
where the bomb is!
[The plane
gets hit.]
---
**The following
takes place between 4PM and 5PM.**
---
RON WIELAND(TV):
Judy, I was illegally detained inside the president’s retreat for the last
six hours. That pretty much tells you the degree of how much he did not want
this information to come out.
SHERI PALMER(PHONE):
No Karen. Karen. No. That does me no good.
KAREN(PHONE):
What am I looking for?
SHERI(PHONE):
Ron Wieland has a source inside of this administration, and I need to know
who.
KAREN(PHONE):I’m
on it.
SHERI(PHONE):
Fine. Then get back to me with that. Ok. No, I need the information. Good.
[Sheri hangs
up, President Palmer enters and turns off the TV.]
SHERI: What’s
going on?
PRESIDENT DAVID
PALMER: You tell me.
SHERI: What
does that mean?
PALMER: Ron
Wieland’s been contained for the six hours. 10 minutes after you met with
him, someone let him out.
SHERI: And
you think it was me? Even if I had the resources, which I don’t, why in God’s
name would I want to see Ron Wieland cause a panic? Especially today?!
PALMER: I don’t
know.
SHERI: David,
I had nothing to do with this. I swear on the lives of our children.
[Mike Novick
enters.]
MIKE NOVICK:
Mr. President.
PALMER: Wait
here.
[Palmer follows
Mike out to the hall, where Mike shows him the surveillance tape on computer.]
PALMER: You
find Armus yet? I wanna know how Wieland got pass him.
MIKE: Take
a look.
PALMER: What’s
this?
MIKE: A digital
playback from the surveillance feeds at OC.
PALMER: That’s
Armus.
MIKE: This
happened 25 minutes ago.
[The tape shows
Armus using his keycard, opened the door to Ron Wieland’s holding room. Wieland
walks out, Armus escorting him.]
PALMER: Armus
let him out?
MIKE: Yeah.
PALMER: Where
is he now?
MIKE: We haven’t
found him yet. Mr. President. If Armus is working covertly against you-
PALMER: It’s
not covert now! It’s in my face!
MIKE: We will
find him sir.
PALMER: Oh
we’d better! Because whomever he’s working for is trying to keep me from finding
this bomb.
---
[Jack Bauer
staggers around the plane.]
RICK PHILLIPS:
How long till we go down?
JACK BAUER:
Any minute! The pilot think he found us a safe place to crash land. I gotta
get the coordinates to George.
JACK(RADIO):
George?!
MASON(RADIO):
Jack. What’s happening there?
JACK(RADIO):
We’re going down. The pilots don’t know what’s going on. If felt like some
kind of explosion. We’re losing all kinds of power up here. They think they
can make a safe crash landing on a soft riverbed located in sector J. The
coordinates are 34-30-44 north. 119-0-niner-0-5 west. Did you get that?
MASON(RADIO):
Yeah we got it!
JACK: Nina,
there’s a chance we’re not gonna make it through this. We need to know the
location of the bomb now. Nina we’ve given you everything you’ve asked for!
Please!
MASON(RADIO):
Jack can she hear me?
JACK(RADIO):
Hold on, I’ll put you on speaker.
[Jack types
something on his computer to put the radio to CTU on speaker so Nina could
hear.]
MASON: Nina,
the deal you’ve asked for is in place. You got your pardon from the President.
What more do you want?
NINA MYERS:
Even if I survive this, Jack’s gonna kill me anyways.
MASON: That’s
what Phillips is there for, to protect you.
NINA: He can’t
protect me from Jack!
JACK: Nina!
All I want is the location of the bomb. I give you my word; I will not harm
you in any way!
NINA: I don’t
believe you.
[Rick Phillip
gets up and goes over to Nina, he pulls out his gun and holds it against Nina’s
neck.]
PHILLIP: Where
is the bomb?
JACK: Rick,
holster your weapon!
PHILLIP: At
least do one last good thing with your life!
MASON: Hey
Phillips, what de hell is going on?!
JACK: Phillips!
That’s an order! Take your seat!
[Phillips takes
his seat.]
CAPTIAN(INTERCOM):
This is the Captain Richard. I don’t think we’re gonna make it to the riverbed.
Everyone assume crash landing position and get ready for impact.
JACK: George,
we’re going down! We’re not gonna make it to the riverbed. The coordinates
I gave you, they’re going to be off-
[The communication
is cut off, static noise. CTU personnel looks at each other in horror.]
MASON: Get
the crash-site coordinates from the ATC, and send in search and rescue.
MICHELLE(PHONE):
ATC, this is CTU, I need the exact coordinates.
---
PALMER: Okay,
I’ll prepare a statement in the next hour. In the meantime, let’s find Armus.
MIKE: Yes sir.
[Palmer enters
Sheri’s room.]
PALMER: Sheri,
I owe you an apology.
SHERI: Why,
what did Mike say to you?
PALMER: Richard
Armus was the one who let Wieland go.
SHERI: But
Armus doesn’t have his own agenda, he must be working for someone else.
PALMER: We’re
looking into it now. I’m sorry I jumped to the wrong conclusion.
SHERI: It’s
alright. I don’t expect you to change your attitude towards me overnight.
Apology accepted… David? What are you gonna do?
PALMER: Talk
to the press, I’m not sure how, but I may have to go after Ron’s credibility.
SHERI: Ron’s
credibility?
PALMER: Yes,
make it look like his report was motivated by personal dislike, that it’s
not based on fact.
SHERI: Yes,
but it is based in fact.
PALMER: Believe
me, I wish there’s another way.
SHERI: Maybe
there is. Why don’t you just tell the truth David? It’s what you do best.
I mean, you pulled it off with Keith, with our divorce. You’ve earned the
public’s trust. Just use it. What?
PALMER: I’m
just wondering if you’ve really changed… Or if you’ve just gotten better at
pretending.
[Mike enters.]
MIKE: Sir?
PALMER: Yes,
what is it?
MIKE: We just
got word from CTU in Los Angeles. The plane that Jack Bauer was returning
in just went down.
PALMER: It
crashed?
MIKE: We’re
still waiting for details.
PALMER: Oh.
My god!
[Palmer exits,
stomping off in a hurry.]
---
[Jack coughs
in the wreckage of their plane crash. He stumbles and rolls out of the metal
frame, clutching his stomach. He tries to walk, but falls down again. A sharp
branch was stuck in his leg. He pulls out the bloody stick, and staggers around
looking for survivors. He spots Rick Phillips who is still secured in the
planes seat.]
JACK: Rick.
Rick! Rick!
[Jack tries
to pull Rick up. Jack flips over the wreckage covering Rick, and goes back
over to Rick and holds up his head.]
PHILLIPS: Myers…
JACK: I haven’t
found her. I don’t even know if she made it.
PHILLIPS: Find
her…
JACK: I’m gonna
find her. You gotta hang in there.
[Jack fossicks
through Phillip’s jacket and took his keys and phone.]
JACK: You hang
in there Rick, alright? Search and rescue will be here any minute. Just hang
in there. I’ll be right back.
[Jack spots
Nina Myer’s chair seat, he runs over and turns it over. Jack un-cuffs Nina
from her seat and pulls her seat away. Jack throws away the broken plane seat,
leans in to listen for Nina’s breathing.]
JACK: Come
on. Come on!
[Jack sticks
his finger in Nina’s mouth to open it. He does mouth-to-mouth a couple of
times. Nina breathes deeply and coughs. Jack rolls over and clutches his arm
in pain.]
---
04:11:42..
43.. 44.. **Fades out.**
04:16:07..
08.. 09.. 10.. 11
---
[Michelle sits
in her seat looking at her screen, troubled. Mason takes his anti-nausea pills
in the bathroom. Mason exits the bathroom and goes over to Michelle, who shows
him her screen. Mason is oblivious to the fact that he is not bleeding from
the nose.]
MICHELLE: These
images were taken around the time the pilot reported the explosion.
MASON: God
they were shot down.
MICHELLE: Yeah
by some kind of ground-to-air missile.
[Blood from
Mason’s nose bleed drips onto the screen Michelle was holding. He takes out
his handkerchief and covers his nose.]
GEORGE MASON:
Compile a list of anybody that might have had access to their flight plan.
MICHELLE DESSLER:
Kay.
MASON: I guess
it’s safe to assume whoever it was, that if Nina didn’t die in the crash,
they’re gonna probably wanna finish the job.
MICHELLE: Alright
I have search and rescue’s scrambling now.
MASON: Make
sure they’re well armed. And get me their ETA as soon as you have it.
[Mason walks
away, still sniffing.]
TONY ALMEIDA:
Hey George! Richards just told me you had Warner and Naiyeer transferred to
room 7.
MASON: That’s
right.
TONY: Well
I had them separated for a reason.
MASON: Yeah.
Because I told you to, and it’s not working, so let’s put them together and
play them off each other right?
TONY: I don’t
get you George. You know, one minute you’re running away, trying to save your
own ass, the next minute you’re back here trying to act like you give a damn
about anybody but yourself-
GEORGE: Hey!
Back off!
TONY: No I’m
not gonna back off George, not today. Now, what’s going on?
[Mason ponders
for a moment.]
MASON: Remember
the warehouse in Panorama City?
[Tony nods.]
MASON: Weapons-grade
plutonium, airborne in the firefight.
TONY: You were
exposed?
MASON: Yeah.
Said I’d be lucky if I made it through tomorrow.
TONY: I don’t
know what to say George. I’m sorry.
MASON: Me too.
[Tony puts
his hand up to his forehead and shakes his head. George Mason chuckles.]
TONY: Does
anybody else know about this?
MASON: Just
Jack. You. Can we keep it that way?
[Tony nods.]
TONY: Do you
need anything; is there something I can do?
MASON: Just
do your job, let me do mine.
[Tony nods
again. Mason exits.]
---
[Bob and Reza
are in the same room, staring at the table from opposite sides. George Mason
enters.]
MASON: So you’re
both claiming not to know Syed Ali. Is that it?
REZA NAIYEER:
It’s not a claim, it’s the truth.
MASON: Sit
down.
REZA: I’d rather
stand.
[Reza crosses
his arms. Mason looses his temper.]
MASON: Sit
down!
[Mason clutches
Reza by the shirt and throws him into a chair.]
MASON: Where
the hell do you think you are? Wake up! Six hours ago, a cache of weapons-grade
plutonium was found in a warehouse in Panorama City! We believe a nuclear
bomb was assembled there and it’s set to be detonated at some point today.
REZA: A nuclear
bomb?
MASON: We also
found this in the warehouse. What do you make of that guys?!
[George Mason
takes out a piece of paper from his pocket, straightens it and slaps it on
the table. Bob Warner puts on his reading glasses and looks at it. Reza looks
at paper, then at Bob.]
BOB WARNER:
This is a bill of lading from our company.
MASON: For
a container sent to Syed Ali, Which means at least one of you is lying right
now.
[Reza takes
paper after Bob reads it, and looks horrified.]
MASON: Now
I’ll let you two work that out between yourselves. Whoever talks first gets
immunity. It’s a one-time offer. It expires in ten minutes.
---
KIM: Don’t
worry they’re gonna come for us soon.
MIGUEL: What’s
taking them so long?
KIM: I don’t
know, but they’ll be here.
COP: We’re
leaving in just a second.
MIGUEL: Where
are we going?
COP: Central
booking.
MIGUEL: LAPD?!
That’s downtown!
COP: Yeah.
I know where it is.
MIGEUL: Aw
man! What did I tell you, I don’t believe this.
KIM: Wait,
someone from CTU is supposed to pick us up. Can you call George Mason?
COP: Captain
says it’s out of their jurisdiction, he overruled it. Look you’re both suspects
in a capital crime okay?
KIM: We told
you why we can’t go back to LA.
COP: Yeah I
know. The bomb.
KIM: Yes.
COP: Well I
checked it. There hasn’t been a single departmental alert or elevated threat
status.
KIM: They do
not want the entire city to panic at the same time.
MIGUEL: Do
you think we’re making this up? Call CTU. They’ll tell you what’s going on.
COP: I’m a
cop; I have my orders, okay? I’ll sign you two out before I take you back
to the city.
MIGUEL: I don’t
believe this. We can’t go back to LA.
KIM: As soon
as my dad finds out, he’ll fix things.
MIGEUL: I don’t
think we should be counting on your father. No offence, but you were right
when you said how messed up he is.
KIM: Everything
I’ve said about my father is because I was angry. And I blamed him for what
happened to my mom.
MIGUEL: Maybe
you were right.
KIM: No. No,
listen, it wasn’t his fault and he did the best he could. It just all turned
out wrong.
---
REZA: No. This
is crazy. How can they keep us here without letting us see a lawyer? Huh?!
What are we gonna do?!
BOB: Nothing.
Because nothing we say will make any difference. They’ll find a way to make
it look like we’re involved.
REZA: With
a nuclear bomb?! I’ve done nothing wrong! This is crazy! I have nothing to
hide! … What about you Bob?
BOB: What about
me?
REZA: You got
anything to hide?
BOB: Of course
not. No.
REZA: Well
you’re the one who made the authorization to Ali.
BOB: No I didn’t.
REZA: Huh?
Then who did?!
BOB: Don’t
interrogate me Reza. That’s exactly what they want.
REZA: Yeah?
Well I’m not asking for them. If you didn’t make the authorization Bob-
[Tony Almeida
and George Mason are watching the two men in the interrogation room through
a television.]
TONY: Naiyeer’s
levels are even. Warner’s spiking all over.
REZA: They
also said… that you work for the CIA.
BOB: I let
the CIA pass information through our distribution network a couple of times.
That’s it.
REZA: Why didn’t
you tell me?
BOB: Because
it is none of your concern!
REZA: I think
it concerns me now! I think a nuclear bomb pretty much concerns everyone!
Don’t you? You know what I’m thinking Bob? I’m thinking that all your generosity
and acceptance is just a load of crap.
BOB: Reza you
better sit down and shut up before you say something you will regret for the
rest of your life.
REZA: You lied
to me.
[Reza glances
at surveillance camera. Mason and Tony are monitoring them from outside through
TV. Reza stands up and speaks towards the camera.]
REZA: I can
track the shipping order! Bob’s code signature will show that he authorized
the transaction order.
[Bob pins Reza
to the wall. Mason and Tony goes to the interrogation room.]
REZA: Get off
of me!
BOB: No, just
stop it.
[Shoving starts,
two guards restrains Bob Warner.]
REZA: The database
is at the office. I’ll take you there.
MASON: Step
outside.
REZA: I’m not
taking the fall for you Bob.
MASON: Come
on. Take it easy.
BOB: Alright.
Alright…
---
04:23:50..
51.. 52.. 53.. **Fade out.**
04:28:03..
05.. 06..07..
---
JACK: Search
and Rescue’s alert. We need the flaregun.
---
MICHELLE: Hey
where’s George?
TONY: With
Naiyeer. He broke.
MICHELLE: Look
he wants an ETA on the search and rescue, could you tell him they’re about
12 minutes away from the crash site?
TONY: Okay.
MICHELLE: Tony.
TONY: Yeah?
MICHELLE: What’s
going on with George?
TONY: As far
as what?
MICHELLE: He’s
sick isn’t he? He’s got some kind of radiation poisoning doesn’t he?
TONY: Where’d
you get that?
MICHELLE: Hazmat’s
all over the warehouse he raided this morning, so it’s gotta be hot right?
I was just working with him and his nose started bleeding, and that was after
Shipler told me he was throwing up in the bathroom. And it doesn’t take a
doctor to figure it out. Besides, I can read your face pretty well by now.
TONY: Look,
he doesn’t want anybody else to know, okay?
MICHELLE: How
bad?
TONY: Pretty
bad.
MICHELLE: Can
he run things in his condition?
TONY: Yeah
I think so.
MICHELLE: No.
That’s not good enough. I mean I feel bad for him, but if he’s compromised
mentally or physically, we can’t-
TONY: He can
do his job, Michelle. He wants to do his job like I’ve never seen. He’s determined
to stop this bomb.
MICHELLE: Yeah,
well so am I, which is why I think he should step down.
TONY: Alright
look. I’ll keep an eye on him. And the second he misses a step, I’ll make
sure he backs off.
MICHELLE: No,
you have enough to do without having to baby-sit him.
TONY: I’m not
baby-sitting him Michelle. Now you gotta trust me on this.
---
LYNNE KRESEGE:
Can I see that information as soon as you get it?
SHERI: Lynne?
Lynne. I made some notes on David’s speech. I thought you might want to incorporate
them.
KRESEGE: How
did you get that?! I haven’t even shown that to the President yet.
SHERI: Jenny
showed me a draft.
KRESEGE: Well
she shouldn’t have.
SHERI: She’s
known me for a long time Lynne. She knows what I have to offer.
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer. The President believes that you can be an asset to him during this
time of crisis. That, is why you’re here. He did not, however, give you license
to insinuate yourself into-
SHERI: Wait
wait wait wait, hold- hold. Put your back down Lynne. I am not here to trespass
on your territory. I am here to help. That’s why I’m coming to you first before
I go directly to David.
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer, that sounds like a threat to me.
SHERI: Unless
David’s speech is pitch-perfect, which right now it is not, Ron Wieland’s
allegations just might bring down this presidency.
KRESEGE: I
don’t need you to tell me how important this speech is-
SHERI: Then
you owe it to David to look at my revisions.
[Sheri throws
down the speech and stomps out.]
---
[Jack pockets
a flare gun, rounds the corner and un-cuffs Nina from the airplane wreck where
she was secured.]
JACK: Gimme
your hand. Come on.
[Jack limps
up the hill, led by Nina, to find a safe place to take cover.]
MAN: We got
a survivor over here.
[Jack looks
over at the team of men just arrived.]
JACK: This
doesn’t look like search and rescue.
[The man who
found the Phillips takes out his gun and shoots him. Jack drags Nina down
with him to take cover near a bush.]
JACK: Who the
hell are those soldiers? Are they coming here for you?!
NINA: I don’t
know!
[Jack shoots
the flare gun at the man who just walked into their sight. A bright red flare
is stuck to the man’s chest, the man starts screaming, and fires his automatic
weapon. Nina tries to make a grab for the weapon when the man is down. By
now, the rest of the man’s team knows that one of their man is down and there
are survivors who can protect themselves.]
JACK: Don’t
even think about it! Keep going!
MAN: Go go!
[Bullets kicks
up dirt around where Jack and Nina stands. The team of men closes in. Jack
took the man’s weapon and shoots at them for a few seconds. They run.]
JACK: Keep
going! Keep going! Take cover in the creek bed. There’s too many of them for
me to handle on my own. I need your help. Give me your hands.
[Jack un-cuffs
Nina.]
JACK: I need
you to run recon for me and handle the ammunition. You screw with me now,
and we both die. Do you understand that?
NINA: Jack.
We need to get to higher ground so I can spot for you.
JACK: Take
the ammunition. Go. Go!
[Rapid gunfire
at Jack and Nina’s retreating figure. Jack returns fire over elevated ground.
He ducks once in a while to dodge the enemy’s bullets.]
---
[A man speaks
in Arabic to a cell phone, the conversation is quickly concluded and he hangs
up. The man peers past the curtains and out the window. He walks back to the
unconscious figure of Kate Warner on the sofa and clicks open a capsule to
wake her up.]
MAN (SA): Would
you like some water, Kate? Maybe some tea?
KATE: How do
you know my name?
MAN (SA): I
know more than that. I know you are 29 years old and you have an economics
degree from Stanford.
[Kate tries
not to barf.]
KATE: Who are
you?
MAN (SA): My
name is Syed Ali. You know who I am?
KATE: I’ve
heard your name mentioned.
SYED ALI: What
else have you heard about me?
KATE: Nothing.
ALI: Kate,
what have you found in your father’s files? You were looking in places you
do not belong. You must have seen some things.
KATE: I don’t
know what you’re talking about.
ALI: Really?
[Syed Ali holds
Kate by the head and leads her away.]
KATE: Let go
of me! Let go of me!
KOPLIN: I told
you a thousand times, I don’t know what you are talking about. You got the
wrong guy.
[Paul Koplin
is being hanged on the shower rail, naked. Another man is wearing a transparent
protective covering for his body and holding a chainsaw like tool. Ali holding
Kate enters.]
KATE: Paul?
Oh my God. What are you doing?
ALI: He is
telling us your father works for the CIA. This is not new information Kate.
We know your father. We need to know what you saw and who you told.
KOPLIN: We
didn’t tell anyone anything because we didn’t see anything! How many times
do I have to tell you?!
KATE: He’s
telling the truth! Please don’t do this!
ALI: Listen
to me. Nothing can get in the way of this sacred day. Tell us what you saw
and who you told.
KATE: We didn’t
see anything. I swear! The files deleted themselves before-
ALI: Don’t
lie to me Kate!
KATE: I’m not
lying, I’m not lying!
KOPLIN: She’s
not lying! They were self deleting files! We don’t know anything! What are
you-
[The man in
the protective suit starts the saw and the camera turn to focus on Paul Koplin’s
bottom half of the face. He is screaming. Ali is holding Kate.]
KATE: No! Stop
it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
---
04:35:54..
55.. 56.. **Fade out.**
04:40:07..
08.. 09.. 10.. 11
---
[Jack and Nina
goes to elevated ground. Jack shoots. Nina takes cover.]
NINA: Jack,
I can spot you from here.
[Nina throws
Jack a magazine of ammunition. Jack loads. Nina organizes the remaining ammunition.]
JACK: I’m set.
Where are they?
NINA: 11 o’clock.
90 meters, moving left.
[Jack takes
out several enemies. He clicks empty and he takes cover again. We can clearly
see 2 magazines left, but Jack doesn’t know that.]
JACK: I’m out!
NINA: Last
pack, Jack!
[Nina throws
Jack one of the magazines. Jack loads.]
JACK: Where
are they?
NINA: Ten o’clock.
Within 50 meters.
[Jack shoots
towards them, takes several of them out. Jack runs out of ammo pretty quickly.]
JACK: That’s
it!
[Jack throws
down the rifle he took from the enemy and takes out his pistol. He flips the
safety off.]
JACK: Where
are they now?
NINA: Ten o’clock,
two o’clock. Higher ground.
[Jack shoots
at them. The enemy return fire. We can hear a helicopter overhead. It’s CTU
backup and/or search and rescue.]
JACK: It’s
a CTU chopper! They’re gonna make a sweep! Stay down!
[Jack and Nina
takes cover. CTU sweeps, taking out all the terrorists. Nina looks up.]
JACK: Stay
down!
[Nina takes
cover again. Jack walks out, gun out to greet the CTU backup. He leaves Nina
and the rifle behind. Nina picks up the rifle, loads, and the gun cocks from
behind Jack.]
NINA: Drop
it Jack. I said drop it!
[Jack doesn’t
move. Nina shoots the dirt next to Jack.]
NINA: I don’t
wanna shoot you just yet, but I will if I have to!
[Jack clicks
off the safety and drops the gun. One of the CTU agents emerges with a rifle.]
CTU AGENT:
Drop the gun! Drop it, it’s over!
NINA: Stand
down! Stand down or he’s dead.
JACK: Stand
down! She’s the only one who can get us to the bomb!
[CTU agent
waves to his team to signal to do as told.]
NINA: I wanna
talk to the president. NOW!
[Jack nods
One of the agents leave to go get a radio/phone.]
---
KIM: Megan.
[Megan is walking
with the cop to her Aunt. Kim watches from the other side of the glass window.
Megan spots her. Just when the cop was about to open the latch to her Aunt,
Megan dodges under the cop’s arm to Kim.]
KIM: Megan!
Come here.
MEGAN MATHESON:
Kim!
KIM: Are you
alright?
MEGAN: Kim.
Yes.
[Megan and
Kim embraces. Megan cries.]
MEGAN: I’m
scared.
KIM: I know,
it’s scary, but you’re doing so good.
COP: Let’s
go.
KIM: Wait,
where are you taking her? Where is she going? Do you know where you’re going
baby?
MEGAN: Aunt
Emily. She’s my mom’s sister.
KIM: Do you
know where she lives?
MEGAN: Santa
Barbara.
KIM: Santa
Barbara? Santa Barbara, that’s so good.
[Cop sighs
as they hug.]
MEGAN: Why
can’t you come with me?
KIM: Oh… Oh
.. I will soon Okay?
MEGAN: I don’t
wanna go.
KIM: I know.
COP: Ok, let’s
go. Your aunt’s waiting.
KIM: Go on
okay? You can go now. Go on, go on, don’t cry. No, no. Shh.. I’m gonna see
you soon okay?
[Megan looks
back at Kim as she goes past the latched door to her aunt.]
KIM: Santa
Barbara, that’s like, what, 50 miles outside of LA?
MIGUEL: It’s
more like a hundred.
KIM: Oh god.
She’s gonna be okay.
[Kim and Megan
waves to each other. Aunt Emily signs Megan out.]
---
[George Mason
and Tony Almeida escorts Reza Naiyeer out of the interrogation room. Reza
is held by the cuffs by a guard. Marie watches.]
MICHELLE: Mr.
Mason, Tony.
TONY: Yeah.
[The group
stops. Michelle walks over. Reza spots Marie, they look at each other.]
MICHELLE: Alright.
Jack’s alive. 7 hostiles were killed in the operation, but there’s a complication.
MASON: What?
MICHELLE: Nina
Myers took Jack hostage. She’s demanding to speak to the president.
MASON: Have
Richards and Maccabee take him to Bob Warner’s office.
[Mason walks
away. Tony walks over to Reza and holds him by the arm.]
REZA: Let me
talk to her.
TONY: She’ll
be here when you get back.
REZA: We were
supposed to get married in an hour. Just let me explain everything to her.
TONY: Alright
you have one minute. Watch him. I’m gonna make a call.
[The guard
with Reza nods, Marie walks over. Tony exits.]
MARIE: Are
you alright? What did they do to you?
REZA: They
just asked me questions. Everything’s fine.
MARIE: Are
you sure?
REZA: Yes.
MARIE: Okay
Larry’s on his way over with a criminal lawyer, Alex Holtman. He’s one of
the top guys in the city.
REZA: I’m not
gonna need a lawyer, but your father might.
MARIE: I don’t
understand. Reza, what’s going on?
REZA: It’s
your father Marie. They think that he might have something to do with Syed
Ali.
MARIE: My father?
REZA: Yeah
he tried to use me.
MARIE: Use
you how?
REZA: To do
business with Ali, who they say, is part of this terrorist group.
MARIE: My father?
Part of a terrorist group?!
REZA: They
have proof. Sweetheart. They have this transaction that’s connecting one of
us to Ali. And I know I didn’t write it. I’m sorry, to put you in this impossible
situation. I love you. And I wanna be with you. But right now, something really
bad might happen if I don’t help them.
MARIE: After
everything he’s done for you, to turn on my father...?
REZA: He turned
on me. He turned on us. What else was I supposed to do?! Marie!
[Marie recedes
away from Reza’s touch. She goes back to her spot and picks up her bag, her
tears streaming down her cheeks, her eyes puffy and red. Tony appears again.]
TONY: Come
on. Let’s go.
REZA: Marie.
[Marie Warner
walks away slowly.]
---
04:48:02..
03.. **Fades out.**
04:52:15..
16.. 17.. 18.. 19
---
[A CTU agent
places a radio/phone near Jack and Nina. Nina is sitting on the steps in a
covered area. Jack is kneeling with his hands behind his head, fingers criss-crossed.]
---
MICHELLE: We
have a secured line ready.
---
[Phone rings.]
NOVICK: That’s
Nina Myers.
PALMER: Mike,
you should talk to her first. I don’t want to give her access to me until
she gives us something in return.
[Palmer presses
speaker button on his phone.]
MIKE: Ms. Myers.
Mike Novick, I am the President’s Chief of Staff.
NINA: I asked
to speak with the President.
MIKE: He’s
not available.
NINA: Do you
want to stop this nuclear bomb or not.
MIKE: Of course
we do.
NINA: Then
put the President on.
MIKE: I’m authorized
to negotiate on his behalf.
NINA: What
I want is nonnegotiable.
MIKE: What
do you want?
NINA: I’ll
tell you where the bomb is in exchange for immunity.
[Palmer shrugs
and lifts his hands in the air with a confused and disbelief expression. Mike
Novick nods.]
MIKE: The President’s
already granted you a total pardon.
NINA: Expect
this is a crime I haven’t committed yet.
MIKE: What
crime?
NINA: The murder
of Jack Bauer.
[Palmer looks
up at Mike. Jack Bauer is just kneeling there, blinking.]
NINA: Add that
to my pardon, and I’ll tell you where the bomb is.
MIKE: And if
we don’t comply?
JACK: We don’t
have a choice.
MIKE: Is that
you Mr. Bauer?
JACK: Yes.
Please tell the President that I do not believe he has any other choice but
to accept her deal.
[Palmer looks
down, pressed the button labeled ‘Line 2’ on his phone.]
PALMER: Is
CTU on a secured line?
MASON: Yes
sir, this is George Mason. We’re on a designated channel. Also Michelle Dessler
and… uh Tony Almeida.
[Mason points
towards Michelle. Tony wanders in a few seconds later.]
PALMER: Do
you have any alternatives to what she’s asking? Any weaknesses that we maybe
able to exploit?
MASON: None.
She’s a survivor sir. She knows Bauer. She knows if she doesn’t kill him now,
he’ll hunt her down and find her later.
PALMER: So,
in your assessment, Nina Myers is our best chance to stop this bomb?
MASON: Sir,
she may be our only chance.
[Palmer blinks,
looks down. Turns around and paces in his room.]
PALMER: Ms.
Myers, this is President Palmer.
NINA: I’m listening.
PALMER: Is
Jack Bauer there?
JACK: Yes,
Mr. President. I’m here too.
PALMER: Ms.
Myers… If the information you provide culminates in the successful interception
of the nuclear device, you will get everything you asked for.
[Palmer bites
his lip. Jack seems to be smiling slightly. Jack looks down.]
PALMER: You
will be pardoned in advanced for the murder of Jack Bauer.
NINA: I can
live with that.
JACK: Start
talking Nina.
NINA: The bomb
will be detonated by a man named Syed Ali.
MASON: We know
about Ali. We need to know where he is.
NINA: He’s
at a house in Chatsworth, on Starling court. 18 Starling Court.
MASON: Contact
the local law enforcement to set up a perimeter.
[Tony nods
and leaves.]
MASON: Coordinate
among the relevant agencies.
[Michelle nods
and leaves also.]
PALMER: Ms.
Myers, you’re not to take any action until we put our hands on this bomb.
NINA: Agreed.
PALMER: Jack?
JACK: Yes sir.
PALMER: Is
there anything you want me to do?
JACK: Please
make sure that my daughter is safe sir.
[Palmer looks
as if he’s about to cry.]
JACK: Tell
her that I love her.
PALMER: I’ll
do that.
JACK: Thank
you Mr. President.
PALMER: Jack?
JACK: Mr. President.
Please you don’t have to say anything sir. There was only one right choice
to make, and you made it.
PALMER: I’m
sorry Jack.
[They hang
up.]
MIKE: He’s
right Mr. President. It’s the only way we’re going to find this nuclear device…
[A tear rolls
down President Palmer’s cheek, glistening from the lights in the room.]
MIKE: … before
it’s too late.
[Palmer wipes
his cheeks. Lynne Kresege enters.]
KRESEGE: Sir?
The press corp is waiting.
[Kresege hands
Palmer his script. Palmer dabs at his eyes with his handkerchief, they walk
pass Sheri’s office, Sheri stares at the retreating figure of the two of them.
They stop by the door.]
PALMER: You’ve
made some changes.
KRESEGE: Yes
sir.
PALMER: It’s
better.
KRESEGE: Thank
you sir.
[Palmer exits.
Kresege looks at Sheri; Sheri looks at Kresege in return and smirks.]
---
[The man throws
salt on Paul Koplin’s open wounds made by the chainsaw on his back. Koplin
screams in pain.]
KATE: For God’s
sakes stop it! What do you want? I don’t know what you want!
ALI: Yes you
do.
[The man pats
Koplin’s hurting back with is salt-smeared hand. The man’s protective goggles
are splattered with blood.]
KATE: We didn’t
see anything. We didn’t tell anyone anything! I swear! I don’t know anything!
How can I tell you what I don’t know!
ALI: I believe
you.
[Ali takes
a gun from the back of his belt, the man seemed to have read his mind beforehand
and steps away from Paul’s withering body. Ali shoots several times into Paul
Koplin’s back. The other man looked away to shield himself from the splatter
of blood. His face is dotted with Koplin’s blood, so is his shirt’s covering
and hair. Kate Warner is screaming and gasping in horror. She kneels down
to the ground.]
ALI: If she
knew anything, she would have told us. Kill her.
[The man reaches
up to his glasses with his blood-soaked glove and removed them. Kate sobs
in the corner. Ali exits. The man also shrugs off the plastic cover.]
---
[Reza Naiyeer
sitting in a car.]
[Miguel and
Kim Bauer sitting in the police station. The cop checking something on a notepad.]
[President
Palmer making an entrance, the press corps chattering in excitement and shouting
out questions.]
[Jack Bauer
kneeling with his hands behind his head.]
---
NINA: It won’t
take them long to find Ali. This isn’t how you thought it would end, is it
Jack?
JACK: This
isn’t over yet.
---
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05:00:00.